George Santos Is A Liar And Republicans Calling For His Resignation Are So Much Worse

Eddie ScarryJanuary 11, 2023

George Santos, a Republican Rep. newly elected, is a lying liar. Okay, now that that’s out of the way, his peers in the GOP can do themselves and the country a favor and knock it off with the moral preening.

On Wednesday, elected officials and GOP leaders from Nassau County, New York, Santos’s area, hosted a press conference. Each participant took turns calling Santos a conman and should resign immediately. “He lied to my face,” declared one of the party’s drama queens. The party chairman lamented this. “deceit, lies, and fabrication” that colored Santos’ campaign.

Yeah, He lied About his education, his work history and his philanthropy. And, perhaps most importantly, about his ancestry. And not a single one of those things determines whether he’s going to vote for bills that benefit his constituents or hurt them. Not a single one of those things determines whether he’s going to support policies that help America or further ruin it.

All things being equal, I would prefer to elect a man who doesn’t lie about where he went to school, nor that he founded a charity for cute dogs. But if that man was open about his intent to vote in favor of taking more of my income, sending billions more to Ukraine, and, — for the love of all things holy — anything having to do with “equity,” well … Mr. Santos, who can I make this check out to and can I get you anything while I’m at the store?

That’s the choice. There haven’t been any major votes on legislation in the new GOP-controlled house, yet, so we don’t know if Santos will be a reliable supporter of the things that matter. But if it’s between finding out with him, or risking that his seat be filled with a Democrat — in a special election, it likely would be — who is sure to oppose them, the only thing for the rest of the Republican Party to do is shut up and make sure he pulls the right lever.

This is what Democrats have realized. They know that power is temporary and the point of having it isn’t to keep it, but to use it while it’s there. Are you convinced that House Democrats are actually successful? Like Looking at Rosa DeLauro Do they do this every day? Of course they don’t. The Connecticut representative is, however, a reliable vote for the team. That’s what matters.

Santos is no different. He’s a creepy, lying pudge ball but he’s Our Pudge ball that lies and creeps. Minimum for two years. Don’t waste those two years.

Eddie Scarry, the D.C. columnist for The Federalist and the author of “Liberal Misery: How the hateful left suckers joy out of everything and everyone.”